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Series
Criterion collection volume 95
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Cary Scott, an attractive and wealthy New England widow, creates a social outcry in her community and within her family when she becomes romantically involved with Ron Kirby, her much younger gardener.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice, followed by a brief vision of a baseball field. He believes that if he builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson from the infamous 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox will return to play baseball. By being willing to take a chance, Ray gets a second time up at bat in life.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch's world upside down, inside out, and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking thir lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
7) Restoration
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman.
Publisher
Hopscotch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lord Richard Attenborough, one of the worlds most respected film makers (Ghandi, Cry Freedom, Chaplin, Shadowlands), helms a deeply moving love story, beautifully interwoven between the 1940s and the present. Inspired by true events and spanning fifty years, Closing the Ring tells the story of how an American woman honoured a wartime promise with a lifetime of denial and how the discovery of a gold ring brought her back to life. In 1991, a small American...
10) Detour
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
An example of film noir which recounts the story of a man whose pursuit of the woman he loves is blocked by fate and another woman.
12) Doctor Zhivago
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The epic story of an innocent intellectual caught up in the chaos of the Bolshevik Revolution. Bonus features include: the documentary - Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic; commentary; vintage featurettes; and more.
13) Big night
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of two brothers whose Italian restaurant is on the brink of bankruptcy. Their only chance for success is to risk everything they own on an extravagant feast for bandleader Louis Prima. But their big night is complicated by a lovers' triangle, a sneaky restaurant rival, and the hilarious perfection of chef Primo.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Brought to investigate the mysterious death of a nightshift waitress named Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond is joined by special agent Dale Cooper to unravel the bizzarre clues, mysterious disappearance and strange happenings.
16) Cast away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
18) The Lady Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 103
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
20) The juror
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A struggling single mother impulsively agrees to serve on a jury hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. She gets far more than she bargained for when she's forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob's seductive, psychotic enforcer.
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